Woman struck and killed by motor vehicle at Cornerstone Square in Westford

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Oct 12, 2017 at 12:28 PMOct 16, 2017 at 12:24 PM

Alexander Silva asilva@wickedlocal.com @IndieEagleWL

A woman was struck and killed by a motor vehicle in a parking lot at the Cornerstone Square development in Westford the afternoon of Oct. 12.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Westford Police Chief Thomas McEnaney confirmed the death of a woman in her 50s in a statement released after the incident, which occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m.

The preliminary investigation suggests the women was at the back of her motor vehicle in the Westford Market Basket parking lot when a second motor vehicle, while parking, struck the female’s car causing her vehicle to roll backwards pinning her underneath, according the release.

The driver remained on scene, the statement added.

Mary Chandler was with her daughter in her vehicle in the Market Basket parking lot shortly after the fatal collision took place.

"We actually backed out of our parking space and everybody was honking their horn," Chandler said. "They were trying to stop the black car from rolling over the woman that was walking behind it."

Chandler said two other vehicles hit each other while trying to stop the black vehicle.

The woman was pinned under the vehicle until emergency officials lifted it off her and immediately started conducting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), said Chandler.

No further information will be released pending notification of next of kin, according to the District Attorney’s statement.

This incident is being investigated by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the Westford Police Department, and the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section. No charges have been filed.